Foldsmith: Box Template Maker

Foldsmith is a box template maker for paper crafters, card makers and anyone who needs a box, an envelope or a shape that fits. Type the inside size of what has to go in and it draws the template (also called a dieline or net) at true size. Print the PDF, or send the SVG or DXF to your cutting machine or laser. All features are free. No account, works offline. WHAT IT MAKES - Tuck boxes, reverse or straight tuck: card decks, tarot decks, soap, cosmetics - Gift boxes with a lid that slides over the base - Open trays, matchbox drawers with their sleeve, and sleeves - Pillow boxes with curved ends - Pyramids (3 to 12 sides, with or without a base) and prisms: cubes, hexagon and triangle boxes - Cylinders with end discs - Cones, party hats and lampshades, with the arc angle and the radii - Envelopes sized from the card, with pointed or straight flaps - 20 ready-made sizes: card deck, tarot deck, business cards, mug, ring box, cupcake box, A2, A7, A6, C6, DL and square envelopes, and more SIZES THAT FIT - Type the inside size in millimetres, or in inches with fractions (2 1/2) - Pick your paper (copy paper, cardstock 65, 80 or 110 lb, kraft board, chipboard, grey board): each wall gets the room the paper takes up - Lids and drawers get a clearance so they slide - See the outside size before you cut PRINT AND CUT - PDF at true size, with 1 inch and 25 mm test squares to check that the printer didn't scale it - Several copies on a sheet when they fit; the lid and the base on their own pages when they don't fit together - Bigger than your paper? The PDF splits it over pages with overlap marks and a map - Letter, A4, Legal, A3, Tabloid and 12 × 12 in cardstock - SVG and DXF in millimetres, with cut lines and fold (score) lines on separate layers SEE IT AND MAKE IT YOURS - A 3D preview folds the template with a slider, so you see which flap goes where - A colour for the outside (with a 2 mm bleed), your photo and a label on the front - Step-by-step folding instructions for every template YOUR DATA - Your templates are saved on your phone. Back them up to a file and restore them on another phone. No account, nothing is uploaded. - Free with ads. A one-time purchase removes them; no subscription. HOW IT WORKS The templates are drawn from geometry: rectangles for boxes, regular polygons for pyramids and prisms, a band π × the diameter long for cylinders, and an arc for cones. Each wall is one paper thickness wider than the inside size, the usual rule of thumb for folding cartons. LIMITS - The template sizes and the scale of the files are checked by the app's tests. No real box of every size was folded for this release. - The paper allowance is a rule of thumb: with thick board, fold a test piece first. - True size depends on your print dialog: choose Actual size or 100%, never Fit to page, and measure the test squares before cutting.